blog of Elder Rob Weatherford
serving in the Mexico Veracruz Mission
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Sunday, April 24, 2016

2016-04-04 New Area, New Companion, New Language (it feels like it, almost), New Hat (!)

That's right, you read right, I have some very important
news. A few pieces of very important news, the most important being I now
have a hat. A genuine, made in México sombrero! President allows us to use
them here!

And some other news, what was it? I don't even remember...
Let's see if it comes to me later.

It was a good week in the offices. Andrus is pretty much
ready to take over my job, and if there's anything small he needs to ask about,
I'm just a phone call away. We brought a couple of new investigators (Brenda
and Moisés, a young couple) to see the Sunday morning session of conference.
They liked it! And I did too... Of course, I liked all of it! I had a couple of
important messages that the Spirit gave me, specifically through a couple of
the speakers.

The Lord also gave me a few tender mercies on Conference
Sunday, when we went to see the first session in our chapel. There were a few
less-active families/members there that we had been teaching that showed up to
watch. All of the Martinez family was there, all five of them! They've been
members for a while, but they still need to be sealed as a family, and so we've
been working with them to set some goals for their progress, starting with
going to church more regularly. We also helped their oldest two children start
attending seminary again. Yesterday, they were all in church together. Joshua
and Paola were also there (I don't think I've talked too much about them...
Joshua's been a member since he was little, but he inactivated as a youth.
Paola's his partner (and just had a precious little baby girl a few weeks
ago!!) but she can't get baptized yet because they're not married, and have to
work out some migration hang-ups before they can. But Joshua's been going every
Sunday and working on some goals to get involved again, and Paola's 100% ready
to get baptized as soon as they get married. 110%. She's been more constant
about reading the Book of Mormon than he has, recently! Almost every day for
over a month. There's a lot of people I love in that ward, and it was harder to
leave it than I thought, when the moment came. But here I am.

Oh, yeah. The news. I'm in Tres Valles, Veracruz! Area
called Morelos. Zone called Tierra Blanca. AKA the hottest zone in the
mission.

So that's pretty much all for this week. My new companion's
name is Elder Diaz, from Mexico City. Twenty-five years old, did kickboxing
before his mission, and pretty funny! I think we'll have a good time.

I'm excited to be out in the field 100% again. This area
reminds me a lot of some parts of Moctezuma, and although today was relatively
cool I know the heat'll be coming pretty soon, as the hot months of summer are
soon approaching. Wish we luck, and send me sunblock! (Just kidding. I already
have plenty, trust me...) Oh, the "new language" thing... not really,
it's just that I'd almost forgotten how people talk out here. It's different,
and at first you have to adjust. To me it's faster, and softer, and they cut
off a lot more sounds from their words. Along with some really nasal tones :)
And my comp also speaks really fast and soft. It's like being comps with me,
I'll bet, just that he has better grammar and pronunciation. Serves me right, I
suppose.

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